The roots of British power can be traced to the Caribbean, where the free labour of slaves imported from West Africa was used to harvest sugarcane, which European tastes craved as much, if not more, than other so-called Eastern delicacies, such as coffee, chocolate, tea, and spices. Then in the 18th and 19th century British plant hunters spread out across the world trading plants, transforming landscapes and building a commercial empire based on tea, cotton and rubber. The industrial revolution occurred in Britain first and it then exported products the world wanted; railways, locomotives, steamships and the telegraph.
There's a Factual error in this documentary. The person who killed Mahatma Gandhi was not a Muslim. His name was Nathu Ram Godse , a Hindu who was convicted and later hanged for his crime. He was angry like many others in his circle who felt Gandhi was favoring Muslims too much .
One minute in, built on slavery Ottoman, Roman and Persian empires are never said to ‘built on’ slavery They might mention it, but always withe the caveat ‘it was normal at the time’ The west Africa squadron smashed slavers wherever they found them, but you’ll never mention it because it doesn’t fit the narrative
It was materially built on ships, ports and trade. The British at the height of their Empire understood this. African slaves were another commodity until the English decidedly opposed that market.
Started with piracy , with the Spanish empire not British lol most blacks who came to Britain bring slaves with them , lets not bring the Russians and the others into it lol or India slave trade . it was the real British not English who stopped slavery that why they went to war with so called good old us of a
I know slavery is a topic people should be ashamed of but how come empires such as Rome, Persia, and their empires of antiquity aren’t described as built on slavery like the British one is.
Its just a con trick to try and sqeeze more money out of the UK. The British Empire was alive and kicking long before and long after its involvement in the slave trade.
We also have to point out spanish banned native Slavery. There was slavery between them in this continent before spanish arrival. After many discussion in Spain thought a century, slavery was abolished.
Persian Empire wasn’t built on slavery. As a matter of fact, it was Cyrus the Great whom abolished slavery for the very first time in the history of mankind. This historical fact has even been reflected in the Old Testament of Bible ( Book of Daniel ).
No other civilisation will change the world as much as the British Empire, everything that mattered about the British Empire endures today wherever it held dominion, even in the US & India, ie the English Legal system, modern Westminster-style Democracy, free market liberal industrial economics and the English Language.
Funny thing is the former colonies are now changing Britain indirectly. Imagine what happens when power shifts to the former colonies. Will they plot their revenge for the atrocities committed by the Brits?
@@neilnelson7603 Most former colonies choose to remain in the Commonwealth 54 member states including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh. 14 of which choose to retain the British Monarch as head of state.
I'm from the UK and in fairness our tactics were fairly simple. Do you have rifles? YES. Oh hello friend maybe we can trade. Do you have rifles? NO. Oh okay BOOM your country now belongs to us.
Je suis Belge francophone et, en tant que frère de langue, je pourrais d'accuser de 'high treason' sur ton héritage français en Amérique du Nord. Moi je préfère crier la phrase du Général de Gaulle : « VIVE LE QUÉBEC LIBRE !!! » Tabarnak !!!
India would have gained self-governing Dominion status, same as Canada, Australia and South Africa. "In 1917 the development of responsible government was declared to be the aim of British policy, and soon afterwards, as if in anticipation of its ultimate issue in Dominion status, India was conceded a substantial measure of fiscal autonomy". Sir Reginald Coupland 1945.
No... the world largest superpower was the USSR. 60,000 nukes and 22 million of km2... the british empire has never ruled the center of australia or every single canadian island, they are a fake empire.
But how did they abolish slavery, by paying billions of dollars to slave traders and owners for "Loss Of Property." Lol....and Brits still want the credit.
@@neilnelson7603 true as they did pay out billions, as well as putting the royal navy out to stop all slave trade at massive cost. Credit where credit is due!
@@solodragoon Don't forget the British government did stop slave trade by compensating slave traders and owners billions of money for, and i qoute, "LOST PROPERTY." Does two wrongs make a right?
@@neilnelson7603 the other option was let them stay in slavery, does that make it right? or let the arab nations continue to enslave them which they had been doing hundreds of years before the British were involved, but I assume that's ok as well. Yes they stopped it due to economic reasoning, but why it made it into the house was British people demanding the end which caused the issue to be brought to the forefront.
The British Empire never really fell those countries just became independent with their own government the name was changed to the Commonwealth of nations.
What replaced the British Empire was enormous wealth accumulated in small overseas territories, controlled by the City of London, and not the British government. Alongside the rise of Anglosphere power from America. Maybe a subject for a sequel...
That would not be true. America was not ever rich because of the British, quite the contrary, the British did not want their American colonies to become richer than them, it was illegal to trade within the colonies and to send British gold and silver to them but and the contact with the Spanish and French colonies was what made America rich unbeknownst to the British. Remember that the colonies of America where mostly populated by protestant Germanic people that never felt part of Britain and where always against it, and that spirit of rebellion made America independent from very early on.
Title is Misleading, A better title would be something like.-----First, 8 Minutes of A Doc We Scrapped Re Sugar and Slavery, THEN Whatever Footage We Had Related To .Random Notable People of the British Empire ---this really is garbled mess of what feels like whatever footage they had to slap together. This Doc' has little to absolutely nothing to say about the chronological battles acquisitions and or even what territories actually made up the Empirre, or any kind of timeline at all. This Doc' just seems like they had no idea what the Title and main focus was going to be during filming and that they never did decide, so just smashed together whatever footage they had into this random facts about notable people , places and things related to the English Empire.
All precious things of Royal Palace belongs to India. You small beggar island country your ancestors was devil 😈😈👹. That exploit contemporary population and even created future problems that will be never end.
It depends which side of the empire your ancestors were on. The side that beat others to work for free or the side was beaten if they demanded to be treated like human beings.
When humanity chooses greed as its guide, you eventually arrive at a place of spiritual numbness, pandemics of depression, widespread suicides, inequality, broken communities and isolation. Welcome to the 21st century.
We always envy and compare ourselves with those whose greed and selfishness made them richer, wealthier more powerful and superior than us, and racist. They rule the world we just exist in, no escape possible?
@Ready For Anything. It's actually behind Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, but I understand what you are thinking. I really do suggest you take a long line of research into the British Empire's history.
@Ready For Anything. I'm English and love my country and everything it does. But I talk to Indians , Pakistans even other pople from the other countries under the British umbrella. And they're comments unfortunately are extremely valid. Twice the British have caused unnessary famines in the Indian subcontinent, once in the nineteenth century and once in the twentieth century causing millions of deaths on each occasion. Not to metion the iraq War disaster , we are no angels. I always tell those who suffered it was the tory's that caused the first two famines mentioned. That party has a lot of shame on it's shoulders.
@@bronx3522 The British did the most to end famines in India. Built the largest irrigation project in the World in India. Built large railway networks not to exploit resources but to fight famines.
@@debranjandas1425 Ihave a funny feeling you may have been studying British textbooks on this one. You are infomed of what those above us want you to hear! The greatest trick of politicians for centuries.
There weren’t any state mandated genocides tho? Also slavery was mentioned and britain led the biggest charge to end it. The concentration camps were nothing like the Germans and were used by other countries before Britain and the famine weren’t man made they were natural disasters, hence the name “famine”.
There were no state sanctioned genocides in the British Empire, if you don't believe me, search "Genocides prior to World War 2". There were no man-made famines as well, I have no idea where you got that from, the only country who ever did that was Japan in Manchuria.
@@neilnelson7603 Get your own books. Henry the 8th founded the Royal Navy to defend the English coast against slave raids by Barbary pirates, amongst other things. Following that the growth of the Royal Navy was obviously an essential ingredient in the growth of the empire.
@@neilnelson7603 Is it any wonder the British are arrogant. They are serial winners. We all make statements like on a daily basis with the obligation to provide proof. Especially to some internet random.
@@Officialnrb You mean, serial killers? Lol.....no wonder people don't take you guys seriously anymore. You want others to believe what you say without evidence? Stop living in a fantasy and come back to reality. Nobody likes you anymore. Your nakedness is showing. Lmao
Can't remember who said it, the plaque was pointed out by someone, that is was where Nelson fell. Reply, i'm not surprised, i nearly tripped over it myself. Might have been carry on film.
Notice the emphasis is on England rather than British & Ireland Empire or United Kingdom of the two. Bear in mind, the Irish sought wealth and took positions within the Empire quite readily.
48:14 The is completely wrong. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, not a Muslim extremist. Please do some due diligence before making a documentary.
Things have changes because people are the planets biggest resource, the countries with the highest population have the means to now advance much faster, in the next few decades we will all see how population can drive progress purely because its essential to do so. The larger our numbers the more organisation and development is needed to manage our needs.
yeah, it’s an interesting idea to consider.. 🤔i think that all groups will inevitably still be competitive, but for sure, the mega cities coming out of india, africa, and south east asia will have unprecedented status, in a sense, by definition, based on of their population size. we already see that NYC is barely on top ten list anymore. but looking at rising potential power like brasil, we are reminded that there are challenges and lessons learned. strength in numbers but also strength in policy, institution, and quality of life
British united all parts of Indian subcontinent into one british Raj. Today modern Indian republic is british legacy. Because of british , Indians like Nehru and Ambedkar could made a dream possible, dream of united ,mighty ,democratic India. All Indian citizen are sharing that power. Indian renaissance begins with arrival of British. Justice , progress and equality for 75 percent of low caste indian had never been made possible without british influence. Never listen and believe to the propoganda of so called nationalist organisation dominated by high caste hindus. They are against all equlity,justice and humanity. They are against the modernization of india. British are liberators and true lawgivers of india. British brought us out of the ages long darkness into the light of knowledge and made us part of intellectual society.
Here's a Historical Information Fact for you to know. The First Union Flag of Britain dates back to His Majesty King James the 1st. 1606. St George of England & St Andrew of Scotland together firstly. The flag went on for two centuries. The St Patrick of Ireland joined the Union Flag on the 1st January 1801. Reign of His Majesty King George the 3rd. French Napoleonic War Time.
Another mistake the French were never drove out of Pondicherry. Infact the French held on to Pondicherry even after the independence of India and was annexed by India later
After the Romans, the most important Empire whose cultural impact will last for ever in the language we all speak. Lots of love and respect from another cradle of history, 🇬🇷 (where we sometimes forget how much of our modern history we owe to the British enlightenment and philhellenes, and how many of their names are echoed in our statues and street names)
Dissapointing and sloppy documentary, with inaccuracies and error's and was a shame to see that it pushed the narrative that "slavery" was the main reason for the empire, rather than trade, maritime and the courage of amazing individuals. I cannot say I'm shocked that it did not mention that the British was the first power to abolish slavery, and actively put the Empire in debt (not paid off until 2013) building a dedicated fleet to combat the slave trade and again like in many thing lead the world. Shame this could have been a great video. We have a duty to educate and learn from history not use "small parts" to fit a modern negative narrative.
As always UA-cam is packed full of ‘tubes’. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. One of the truly incredible parts of the Story of the British people is the Industrial Revolution, because it was thousands of creative individuals, inventing, refining, redesigning thousands and thousands of different things. When you look at the list of inventions it’s mind-boggling.
Please correct the documentary where the narrator mentions that 'Gandhi was assassinated by a Muslim extremist' as Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu extremist.
Britain and all of its ex Colonies were and are great countries to this day, the British should be invited into countries that aren’t performing well to help them develop
You’re absolutely right. I think the expression is just used for clarity’s sake. But I agree one could try and come up with something less offensive to these countries who often had much more advanced civilizations than those who happened upon them.
@Karl von Bahnhof I really doubt what aztecs and other Americas tribes did was similar to European slavery system. The captured enemies paid reparations for losing the war by providing servitude work. Europeans captured slaves for commercial purpose only and these captured were of different race, which makes the entire slavery system worse.
With respect. My country was not the only one involved in the slave trade...America. Brazil. Spain .Holland et al were all profiting from the business of black slaves.
36:37 This b/w image is of Sikandar Bagh, Lucknow. (Felice Beato image). And the bodies on the ground are that of Indians killed by the British in 1857 or 1858. Residency is 3 Km. away from this location in Lucknow.
Terrible documentary, Absolutely no mention about the partition of India. Which was Mountbattens plan, which he hoped would lead to less bloodshed as violence between the Muslims and Hindus were happening and he was trying to avoid it escalating into a civil war. So the countries of Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) were created. And as others have mentioned, no mention of Britain BEING the only country to push the abolishment of the slave trade! The West African Squadron policed the oceans, seizing around 15000 slave ships and FREEING about 150,000 people from slavery. I am DAMN PROUD To be British. 🇬🇧
48:15 wrong gandhi was not assaisinated by a muslim, it was nathu ram Godse. AND I believe one should not use the religion of a murderer in a documentary.
While slavery was not unique to the British nor were they the first to use it, what was unique was the British being the first people to go around the world ending slavery, taking money from British coffers which could have gone to British women and British children or the Irish even, and instead putting this money towards buying non-White slaves and freeing them. That is a far more objective assessment of the British as they relate to the history of slavery as it takes in to consideration the entire context of recorded world history. This analyses is so plainly slanted, seeing only the negative and none of the positive in the British, and presents the summary of the British as though there is nothing negative about non-European groups.
The British empire really consisted of INDIA and a few other ,compared to India, insignificant territories, it was india Vicki became empress of and from India the British launched the most DESPICABLE programme in the history of trade between nations , the OPIUM wars and subsequent addiction of millions of people, and the British got very rich,. Today I am glad to say IMPERIUM BRITANNIUM DELENDUM EST
The British did not force opium on anybody. Even before the British took over Indua, opium was a state monopoly of the earlier Mughal Empire and India was already exporting opium before the EIC conquered Indian territory.
@@neilnelson7603 Britain did not force opium, there was already a demand for Bengal Opium in China. Arabs had been selling opium to China from the 8th Century.
@@ergunyildizoglu8018 not that one. I am about Tzar Dusan's empire some 70 years before the battle of Kosovo. Soon after his death the aristocrats went each in individual direction. Basically it was screw the kingdom, and grab what is available. By the time of Furst Lazar and Murat the Great there was no Serbian kingdom as such anyway. The question is why did Lazar go to the battle when it was obvious that he can not win?
Although British imperialism has significantly impacted the world's industrialization, economy, and commerce, however there would be a great disadvantage of their power over the indigenous populations where they only benefited them for labor and political purposes. So there's like a great advantage and disadvantage to their methods in their subjugation, colonization, and annexation of foreign lands. Without the success of revolutionary leaders the world would still be deeply benenited from from white colonizers. The British empire is absolutely fascinating and this is got to be the most powerful empire known to world history.
@@SW-qr8qe You do not understood me. I do not hate you. I hate British policy against Serbs. UK recognize self claimed "Republic of Kosovo". UK want to abolish Republic of Srpska ( entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina ) etc. I want you to stay happy and I congratulate on qualification on World Cup in football next year.
@@borkokostic4388 Cheers Borjko. We’ve been everywhere and done everything over the years, occasionally good also. Exhausting amount of history. All the Best Regards!
16:21 all that is said about lashing is navy regulations!!!!. Two the painting of the ships was to navy regs as the back and yellow were found to not fade away and flake as quickly as other paints. Three the reasons why the gun ports were black is because they were in the most use at sea and it was a way of protecting them. Four Victory was not Nelsons ship it was his flag ship but after his death the two became inseparable. Lastly the gun 104 well technically true she was able to sail with that meany guns she was by no means the largest. Largest first rate the the Royal navy yes but the French had a 108 gun ship( she never saild because when she was completed the war ended) Wellington the doc almost gets right however he did lose a battle in the peninsular war however his court marshal fou d him not julty. Second his army was made up of Prussians, hungarns, Portuguese, Spanish, Germans, Dutch, and Swedish a lot of the rulers of those countries served with him and were close allies of him. This doc gets so much wrong. Google has better historical information then this
Factually incorrect to say that the empire was built on slavery. It provided incredible wealth to a select few but the trade was primarily to Britain and then Europe so did not create real wealth to Europe. The real wealth came from trade of items that built infrastructure and took off with the industrial revolution and the implementation of machines. That real wealth and the introduction of bonds in the financial market enabled the Royal Navy to become supreme which lead to the eradication of the worldwide slave trade. A very poor documentary as it focused on a narrative rather than the factual truth.
@@immigrationcanada1802 In Star Trek, the Federation standard language even to the 33rd Century is English. In this way, English did conquer the world. It's the language of business, commerce and science and will be for hundreds of years.
There are lot of wrong facts mentioned in this documentary on the Indian section. Also no mention of Calcutta which was the capital of the British Indian empire for the longest period of time and had the highest concentration of British architecture and was the center of Brit culture. No idea who made this STRANGE documentary... I want say you Britishers that you are not going to be a superpower again, for for creating conflicts in different communities in INDIA , and also providing fake information in this STRANGE documentary...
@@trevaudio Absolutely you can and by the way "British" and "Irish" are both not countries they are nationalitys you're getting confused and Ireland is the actual name of the country not "irish" LOL
The roots of British power can be traced to the Caribbean, where the free labour of slaves imported from West Africa was used to harvest sugarcane, which European tastes craved as much, if not more, than other so-called Eastern delicacies, such as coffee, chocolate, tea, and spices.
Then in the 18th and 19th century British plant hunters spread out across the world trading plants, transforming landscapes and building a commercial empire based on tea, cotton and rubber.
The industrial revolution occurred in Britain first and it then exported products the world wanted; railways, locomotives, steamships and the telegraph.
It's true, the British Empire so-called was based on ships, ports, goods and trade. The Company and the City. But the roots were in London.
Wrong, it's roots started with piracy.
@@johnleckieWATP it's amazing how many people STILL don't KNOW this.
After slavery was abolished Britain imported Indian workers (near slaves) to their Carribbean and other possessions.
There's a Factual error in this documentary. The person who killed Mahatma Gandhi was not a Muslim. His name was Nathu Ram Godse , a Hindu who was convicted and later hanged for his crime. He was angry like many others in his circle who felt Gandhi was favoring Muslims too much .
There are many factual errors in this documentary.
@@debranjandas1425 this whole documentary is one big factual error... 😌😌
You are correct! Based on Wikipedia, the assassin was not a Muslim!
@@Exotic3000 Really? Are they also not from the Middle East? Where are they from if no?
There are more than one.
One minute in, built on slavery
Ottoman, Roman and Persian empires are never said to ‘built on’ slavery
They might mention it, but always withe the caveat ‘it was normal at the time’
The west Africa squadron smashed slavers wherever they found them, but you’ll never mention it because it doesn’t fit the narrative
It’s so damn tiresome!
@@UstashaMe84 Sure ‘nuff cowboy, darn tootin'.
@@andrewwilliams3137 guyana
It was materially built on ships, ports and trade. The British at the height of their Empire understood this. African slaves were another commodity until the English decidedly opposed that market.
Started with piracy , with the Spanish empire not British lol most blacks who came to Britain bring slaves with them , lets not bring the Russians and the others into it lol or India slave trade . it was the real British not English who stopped slavery that why they went to war with so called good old us of a
Correction. Mahatma Ghandi was assinated by a Hindu Nationalist not by a Muslim.
Well indeed he was. There was a stern reason for it.Brits had to be ruled out using the same power.
It’s crazy how much of an impact our small island had on the world 🇬🇧
The Netherlands much more crazyer .
@@willvangaal8412 mongolia was more crazyer... one little tribe has conquest the whole china, russia and iran
@@xavierrealmadrid7420 You didn't conquer Siberia and that empire fell apart so quickly.
It is insn't it!
The impact you are yet to suffer from. So, i feel sad for your great grandchildren.
I know slavery is a topic people should be ashamed of but how come empires such as Rome, Persia, and their empires of antiquity aren’t described as built on slavery like the British one is.
Its just a con trick to try and sqeeze more money out of the UK.
The British Empire was alive and kicking long before and long after its involvement in the slave trade.
We also have to point out spanish banned native Slavery. There was slavery between them in this continent before spanish arrival. After many discussion in Spain thought a century, slavery was abolished.
In my experience of research they are...
Persian Empire wasn’t built on slavery. As a matter of fact, it was Cyrus the Great whom abolished slavery for the very first time in the history of mankind. This historical fact has even been reflected in the Old Testament of Bible ( Book of Daniel ).
History is slavery we are commodities. We are the future of slavery
Gandhi's assassin (Godse) was a Hindu extremist - a member of the RSS not a muslim extremist as stated in the documentary.
Right on point bro
I saw this just now as well. Who the hell was doing the fact checking for this documentary??
He was not a member of RSS when he killed Gandhi, he was expelled before that.
A hindu rights activist.
a freedom fighter
No other civilisation will change the world as much as the British Empire, everything that mattered about the British Empire endures today wherever it held dominion, even in the US & India, ie the English Legal system, modern Westminster-style Democracy, free market liberal industrial economics and the English Language.
Funny thing is the former colonies are now changing Britain indirectly. Imagine what happens when power shifts to the former colonies. Will they plot their revenge for the atrocities committed by the Brits?
@@neilnelson7603 Most former colonies choose to remain in the Commonwealth 54 member states including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh. 14 of which choose to retain the British Monarch as head of state.
@@andrewwilliams3137 🤣🤣😂😂INDIA IS IN COMMONWEALTH FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES AND TRADE RELATIONS...
@@neilnelson7603 😊😊 MAY HAPPEN....
@@britonsnazis1236 So?
I'm from the UK and in fairness our tactics were fairly simple.
Do you have rifles? YES. Oh hello friend maybe we can trade.
Do you have rifles? NO. Oh okay BOOM your country now belongs to us.
that’s pretty much the tactic of all colonialists
@@FreeDocumentaryHistory
Not the Chinese…..they’re way better at it !!
lol they traded with the people who had no guns to defend them self against guns bomb saved your country lol from spainish empire
25:19. Victoria came to the throne in 1837, not 1831. Also she was not Empress until 1877, not when she ascended the throne.
I am quebecers and l’m obliged to admit : Britannia rules the waves … calice lol
Je suis Belge francophone et, en tant que frère de langue, je pourrais d'accuser de 'high treason' sur ton héritage français en Amérique du Nord.
Moi je préfère crier la phrase du Général de Gaulle : « VIVE LE QUÉBEC LIBRE !!! »
Tabarnak !!!
Imagine if British Empire didn't lose their colonies until these days.
India would have gained self-governing Dominion status, same as Canada, Australia and South Africa. "In 1917 the development of responsible government was declared to be the aim of British policy, and soon afterwards, as if in anticipation of its ultimate issue in Dominion status, India was conceded a substantial measure of fiscal autonomy". Sir Reginald Coupland 1945.
Great documentary about British Empire...the world's largest superpower.
Worlds largest superpower....without any fuel ⛽
May it's declined forever but legacy didn't......!!
@@Kiranshetty2000 yeah because your government is so awesome……..
No... the world largest superpower was the USSR. 60,000 nukes and 22 million of km2... the british empire has never ruled the center of australia or every single canadian island, they are a fake empire.
@@mitkoangelov5094 They had loads of coal, the petroleum of that age.
GANDHI’S ASSASSIN WAS HINDU, NOT MUSLIM. That is a very irresponsible inaccuracy, especially in current times.
No mention of the fight and abolition of slavery as usual.
True
But how did they abolish slavery, by paying billions of dollars to slave traders and owners for "Loss Of Property." Lol....and Brits still want the credit.
@@neilnelson7603 true as they did pay out billions, as well as putting the royal navy out to stop all slave trade at massive cost. Credit where credit is due!
@@solodragoon Don't forget the British government did stop slave trade by compensating slave traders and owners billions of money for, and i qoute, "LOST PROPERTY." Does two wrongs make a right?
@@neilnelson7603 the other option was let them stay in slavery, does that make it right? or let the arab nations continue to enslave them which they had been doing hundreds of years before the British were involved, but I assume that's ok as well.
Yes they stopped it due to economic reasoning, but why it made it into the house was British people demanding the end which caused the issue to be brought to the forefront.
As a Russian my respects to the British Empire 🇷🇺🙇♂️🇬🇧
The British Empire never really fell those countries just became independent with their own government the name was changed to the Commonwealth of nations.
What replaced the British Empire was enormous wealth accumulated in small overseas territories, controlled by the City of London, and not the British government. Alongside the rise of Anglosphere power from America.
Maybe a subject for a sequel...
How did they achieve that/ Amazing
That would not be true. America was not ever rich because of the British, quite the contrary, the British did not want their American colonies to become richer than them, it was illegal to trade within the colonies and to send British gold and silver to them but and the contact with the Spanish and French colonies was what made America rich unbeknownst to the British. Remember that the colonies of America where mostly populated by protestant Germanic people that never felt part of Britain and where always against it, and that spirit of rebellion made America independent from very early on.
yes america has been another British since its founding. they are still treating africans like trash in 2022.
@@mecha1gold Really? I never knew there were many German immigrants at that point.
Title is Misleading, A better title would be something like.-----First, 8 Minutes of A Doc We Scrapped Re Sugar and Slavery, THEN Whatever Footage We Had Related To .Random Notable People of the British Empire ---this really is garbled mess of what feels like whatever footage they had to slap together. This Doc' has little to absolutely nothing to say about the chronological battles acquisitions and or even what territories actually made up the Empirre, or any kind of timeline at all.
This Doc' just seems like they had no idea what the Title and main focus was going to be during filming and that they never did decide, so just smashed together whatever footage they had into this random facts about notable people , places and things related to the English Empire.
Learn basic history
British Empire started with Henry the 8th and separation from Rome.
@@flybobbie1449 separation from Rome? 😂😂 nae bother
yes.
Fortunately, this doc isn't meant to glorify the British Empire but to criticize the empire for its role in benefiting from the misery of others.
Trafalgar 1804? 1805 Methinks or have they revised the history books again?
Pedant.
@@penduloustesticularis1202 ya mum.
1805.
Also Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, not 1831 as the narrator says.
Best empire ever!
Roman empire the greatest and best ever.
All Empires were evil
All precious things of Royal Palace belongs to India. You small beggar island country your ancestors was devil 😈😈👹. That exploit contemporary population and even created future problems that will be never end.
@@AdityaSingh-pc7fe Tell them 👏 👌. They think it is over because they left. Unfortunately, they left with other people's property.
It depends which side of the empire your ancestors were on. The side that beat others to work for free or the side was beaten if they demanded to be treated like human beings.
When humanity chooses greed as its guide, you eventually arrive at a place of spiritual numbness, pandemics of depression, widespread suicides, inequality, broken communities and isolation.
Welcome to the 21st century.
We always envy and compare ourselves with those whose greed and selfishness made them richer, wealthier more powerful and superior than us, and racist. They rule the world we just exist in, no escape possible?
@@musto121 but when the victims fight back, its called terrorism, savagery and barbaric behaviour. How unfair the world has always been.
damn I love the British Empire
wish it was still around.
As A Brit I think you should look at the history of this, it's really very shocking.
@Ready For Anything. It's actually behind Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, but I understand what you are thinking. I really do suggest you take a long line of research into the British Empire's history.
@Ready For Anything. I'm English and love my country and everything it does. But I talk to Indians , Pakistans even other pople from the other countries under the British umbrella. And they're comments unfortunately are extremely valid. Twice the British have caused unnessary famines in the Indian subcontinent, once in the nineteenth century and once in the twentieth century causing millions of deaths on each occasion. Not to metion the iraq War disaster , we are no angels. I always tell those who suffered it was the tory's that caused the first two famines mentioned. That party has a lot of shame on it's shoulders.
@@bronx3522 The British did the most to end famines in India. Built the largest irrigation project in the World in India. Built large railway networks not to exploit resources but to fight famines.
@@debranjandas1425 Ihave a funny feeling you may have been studying British textbooks on this one. You are infomed of what those above us want you to hear! The greatest trick of politicians for centuries.
Let's not focus on all the genocides, war crimes, slavery, man-made famines, and concentration camps
No. You're right. We shouldn't discuss Islam.
@@thisiswhereweare9006 Where has Islam come from? These didn't happen in the glorious empire?
@@nicholasmwangangi6257 - Gotta break a few eggs to make..... etc! 😊
There weren’t any state mandated genocides tho? Also slavery was mentioned and britain led the biggest charge to end it. The concentration camps were nothing like the Germans and were used by other countries before Britain and the famine weren’t man made they were natural disasters, hence the name “famine”.
There were no state sanctioned genocides in the British Empire, if you don't believe me, search "Genocides prior to World War 2".
There were no man-made famines as well, I have no idea where you got that from, the only country who ever did that was Japan in Manchuria.
great empire, a civilizing force
I didn't know was part of a civilising force. Lol
Killing innocent people and building an empire on slavery isn't something to be proud of
@@aligindahouse7777 im proud
🤮🤮 English vapmires
Truly one of the best empires humanity has ever seen.
Courtney Smith i love the British empire Love you great Britain forever
The roots of British power can be traced back to the expansion of the navy to defend against slave raiders from the African continent.
Source please?
@@neilnelson7603
Get your own books. Henry the 8th founded the Royal Navy to defend the English coast against slave raids by Barbary pirates, amongst other things.
Following that the growth of the Royal Navy was obviously an essential ingredient in the growth of the empire.
@@Officialnrb "Get your own books"? Lol.....i can see the old British arrogance built in you. Lmao......you don't make statement without evidence.
@@neilnelson7603
Is it any wonder the British are arrogant. They are serial winners.
We all make statements like on a daily basis with the obligation to provide proof. Especially to some internet random.
@@Officialnrb You mean, serial killers? Lol.....no wonder people don't take you guys seriously anymore. You want others to believe what you say without evidence? Stop living in a fantasy and come back to reality. Nobody likes you anymore. Your nakedness is showing. Lmao
Can't remember who said it, the plaque was pointed out by someone, that is was where Nelson fell. Reply, i'm not surprised, i nearly tripped over it myself. Might have been carry on film.
kenneth williams in carry on jack.
Notice the emphasis is on England rather than British & Ireland Empire or United Kingdom of the two.
Bear in mind, the Irish sought wealth and took positions within the Empire quite readily.
Canadians, Newfoundlanders were the real power behind the empire.
Right o rightch o
48:14 The is completely wrong. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, not a Muslim extremist. Please do some due diligence before making a documentary.
Not a really true story slavery was endemic in Africa before the European people arrived their. Think Rome, Greece and Middle Eastern Empire's
That king Albert memorial is very pretty.
Things have changes because people are the planets biggest resource, the countries with the highest population have the means to now advance much faster, in the next few decades we will all see how population can drive progress purely because its essential to do so. The larger our numbers the more organisation and development is needed to manage our needs.
You're intelligent, i hope the right group sees this
yeah, it’s an interesting idea to consider.. 🤔i think that all groups will inevitably still be competitive, but for sure, the mega cities coming out of india, africa, and south east asia will have unprecedented status, in a sense, by definition, based on of their population size. we already see that NYC is barely on top ten list anymore. but looking at rising potential power like brasil, we are reminded that there are challenges and lessons learned.
strength in numbers but also strength in policy, institution, and quality of life
The narrator suits this documentary to a tee. I’m sure everyone imagines a British aristocrat when he talks.
British united all parts of Indian subcontinent into one british Raj.
Today modern Indian republic is british legacy.
Because of british , Indians like Nehru and Ambedkar could made a dream possible, dream of united ,mighty ,democratic India.
All Indian citizen are sharing that power.
Indian renaissance begins with arrival of British.
Justice , progress and equality for 75 percent of low caste indian had never been made possible without british influence.
Never listen and believe to the propoganda of so called nationalist organisation dominated by high caste hindus.
They are against all equlity,justice and humanity.
They are against the modernization of india.
British are liberators and true lawgivers of india.
British brought us out of the ages long darkness into the light of knowledge and made us part of intellectual society.
Don’t waste your time this is a complete load of rubbish
Y is that?
Cheers Les just making a dumb statement like that without any evidence or explanation is worthless.
@@chrisparnham You are clearly uneducated. And know absolutely nothing about the British Empire.
I got 1.20 in and realised exactly where this was going.
@@andygray4418 Got as far as your comment and listening to the commentary, gave up.
Here's a Historical Information Fact for you to know.
The First Union Flag of Britain dates back to His Majesty King James the 1st. 1606.
St George of England & St Andrew of Scotland together firstly.
The flag went on for two centuries.
The St Patrick of Ireland joined the Union Flag on the 1st January 1801.
Reign of His Majesty King George the 3rd.
French Napoleonic War Time.
Another mistake the French were never drove out of Pondicherry. Infact the French held on to Pondicherry even after the independence of India and was annexed by India later
After the Romans, the most important Empire whose cultural impact will last for ever in the language we all speak. Lots of love and respect from another cradle of history, 🇬🇷 (where we sometimes forget how much of our modern history we owe to the British enlightenment and philhellenes, and how many of their names are echoed in our statues and street names)
Nice documentry 👌
Dissapointing and sloppy documentary, with inaccuracies and error's and was a shame to see that it pushed the narrative that "slavery" was the main reason for the empire, rather than trade, maritime and the courage of amazing individuals. I cannot say I'm shocked that it did not mention that the British was the first power to abolish slavery, and actively put the Empire in debt (not paid off until 2013) building a dedicated fleet to combat the slave trade and again like in many thing lead the world. Shame this could have been a great video. We have a duty to educate and learn from history not use "small parts" to fit a modern negative narrative.
There's a Portrait of His Majesty King Louis the 18th of France.
The Rightful Restoration to the Throne.
When British loose India world power concentrate in America.
Roosevelt decided there could only be one Super Power after WW2. The Americans were not fans of (other peoples) Colonialism.
I think Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳 might have something to say about that..
Omg this is the entire episode, where can i find the entire season?
Set the free very intelligent African black people ✌🏻
As always UA-cam is packed full of ‘tubes’. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
One of the truly incredible parts of the Story of the British people is the Industrial Revolution, because it was thousands of creative individuals, inventing, refining, redesigning thousands and thousands of different things. When you look at the list of inventions it’s mind-boggling.
Very nice video 📹 👍 👌
Gandhi was not assassinated by a Muslim extremist. This needs to be rectified. The documentary has a critical error.
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THE BRITISH EMPIRE THE BEST EVER
Very Nice
Big deal, we didn't want the Americans in our Empire anyway.
The British Empire, won by the Irish, run by the Scottish and lost by the English. Even Wellington was an Irish man, born in Dublin.
Because he was born in Ireland does that make him Irish?
@@pinkandfluffysuperwokeblok9859 And every second UK General in WW2 was also Irish.
Well that’s rather blatantly wrong, but what do you expect from someone thinking they can condense that topic down into a single sentence?
@@dooley-ch lol what a load of nonsense.
@@UstashaMe84 And yet every second British general in the WWII was Irish….
Built on conquest and brutality. And Britain is still in the north of my country, Ireland.
That's probably because the Ulster Unionists and Protestants who live there want it that way.
@@andrewwilliams3137 But aren't they the descendents of Scottish Protestants?
The battle of Trafalgar was on the 21st of October 1805 not 1804! And Portsmouth is a naval city not a town.
Please correct the documentary where the narrator mentions that 'Gandhi was assassinated by a Muslim extremist' as Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu extremist.
Dr padraic scanlon…..hmmm, Irish heritage, axe to grind maybe?
History needs to be told in truth
To the regions that Caesars never saw
Britain and all of its ex Colonies were and are great countries to this day, the British should be invited into countries that aren’t performing well to help them develop
I hate it when they call the previous colonies they "new world". Even for those times, it's so self-centred and arrogant or just ignorant.
You’re absolutely right. I think the expression is just used for clarity’s sake. But I agree one could try and come up with something less offensive to these countries who often had much more advanced civilizations than those who happened upon them.
Yet another woke joke.
British disobey the law of the God, so they faxed the destiny of the previous empires who doesn't obey the Devine will.
By Nura KC Nigeria 🇳🇬
imperialism is a collective pride of people who knows how to use violence to preserve the peace for the glory of a nation. Yes. A Nation.
I knew the British were involved in the slave trades but I forgot about the Caribbean slave trades
@Karl von Bahnhof yea I knew about the rest of Europe then it was not called European countries
@Karl von Bahnhof ok you but most be they fond Islam but American Indian please explain this
Thats the sole reason why the British was the biggest slave trader, the carribean and the Americas are where captured African slaves went.
@Karl von Bahnhof I really doubt what aztecs and other Americas tribes did was similar to European slavery system. The captured enemies paid reparations for losing the war by providing servitude work. Europeans captured slaves for commercial purpose only and these captured were of different race, which makes the entire slavery system worse.
@@neilnelson7603 so who stop the slave trade not France for sure because they carried on with the slave trade
With respect. My country was not the only one involved in the slave trade...America. Brazil. Spain .Holland et al were all profiting from the business of black slaves.
And Africa.
This is about the British empire…..stop you’re whataboutery nonsense
Amazing how things have fallen for the "Empire"
Replace UK with India at the UN Security Council
What rubbish!
Indians can’t even find their way home
Sod off mate!
@@user__100 Wishful thinking at best, Scotland is as likely to get independence as Bavaria.
But India Is more worse than the UK
Dont wish your time watch this
“Mainly cotton and tea” T E A
The status of world no 1 power shifted to the other side of the Atlantic ocean after the second world war.
The power on other side of the Atlantic ocean have created a series of events they can't control.
@@neilnelson7603 that include rise of china
The British still have huge influence on the world, equal to the US, but our small island of 70mil has its limits
36:37 This b/w image is of Sikandar Bagh, Lucknow. (Felice Beato image). And the bodies on the ground are that of Indians killed by the British in 1857 or 1858. Residency is 3 Km. away from this location in Lucknow.
The Lion of the Tribe of Judah...
The love of money is root of all evil
Great history!!
Oh look, an American banging on about slavery and blaming the British. The irony.
The British were by far the worst
Now I understand better the BREXIT.
But in the 21th century, Britain is just a normal European country....
Not normal and never was.
@@anthonycosgrave8539 happy to agree.
@@anthonycosgrave8539 what makes them different now? 🤔
@@neilnelson7603 The empire is long gone but the arrogance remains.
@@anthonycosgrave8539 Couldn't agree more. 👌 Glad to see am not the only seeing it.
Terrible documentary, Absolutely no mention about the partition of India. Which was Mountbattens plan, which he hoped would lead to less bloodshed as violence between the Muslims and Hindus were happening and he was trying to avoid it escalating into a civil war. So the countries of Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) were created. And as others have mentioned, no mention of Britain BEING the only country to push the abolishment of the slave trade! The West African Squadron policed the oceans, seizing around 15000 slave ships and FREEING about 150,000 people from slavery. I am DAMN PROUD To be British. 🇬🇧
Virgin Bri'ish empire 🤡🇬🇧🤕🇮🇳🥴🇹🇿🤓🇨🇦
vs
Chad Spanish Empire 🗿🇪🇸🇲🇽🇵🇪🇵🇭🇨🇱🇦🇷🇨🇴
48:15 wrong gandhi was not assaisinated by a muslim, it was nathu ram Godse. AND I believe one should not use the religion of a murderer in a documentary.
While slavery was not unique to the British nor were they the first to use it, what was unique was the British being the first people to go around the world ending slavery, taking money from British coffers which could have gone to British women and British children or the Irish even, and instead putting this money towards buying non-White slaves and freeing them. That is a far more objective assessment of the British as they relate to the history of slavery as it takes in to consideration the entire context of recorded world history. This analyses is so plainly slanted, seeing only the negative and none of the positive in the British, and presents the summary of the British as though there is nothing negative about non-European groups.
The British empire really consisted of INDIA and a few other ,compared to India, insignificant territories, it was india Vicki became empress of and from India the British launched the most DESPICABLE programme in the history of trade between nations , the OPIUM wars and subsequent
addiction of millions of people, and the British got very rich,.
Today I am glad to say IMPERIUM BRITANNIUM DELENDUM EST
The British did not force opium on anybody. Even before the British took over Indua, opium was a state monopoly of the earlier Mughal Empire and India was already exporting opium before the EIC conquered Indian territory.
@@debranjandas1425 If Britain never forced opium on anybody, then why was the purpose of the opium war?
@@neilnelson7603 Britain did not force opium, there was already a demand for Bengal Opium in China. Arabs had been selling opium to China from the 8th Century.
Once upon a time there was a Serbian empire which was meant to last forever. .
I love Serbia
1389 ! Battle of Kosova !
@@ergunyildizoglu8018 not that one. I am about Tzar Dusan's empire some 70 years before the battle of Kosovo. Soon after his death the aristocrats went each in individual direction. Basically it was screw the kingdom, and grab what is available. By the time of Furst Lazar and Murat the Great there was no Serbian kingdom as such anyway. The question is why did Lazar go to the battle when it was obvious that he can not win?
Glad it didn't
Although British imperialism has significantly impacted the world's industrialization, economy, and commerce, however there would be a great disadvantage of their power over the indigenous populations where they only benefited them for labor and political purposes. So there's like a great advantage and disadvantage to their methods in their subjugation, colonization, and annexation of foreign lands. Without the success of revolutionary leaders the world would still be deeply benenited from from white colonizers. The British empire is absolutely fascinating and this is got to be the most powerful empire known to world history.
correction: Gandhi was NOT assassinated in 1948 by a "Muslim" extremist. Cant believe such a basic historical error is made.
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HSBC
What else?🤔
City of London and the masons
PERFIDIOUS ALBION
Give over
@@SW-qr8qe Great Britain will give over.
@@borkokostic4388 Don’t really make much sense to me but stay happy and be kind to each other.
@@SW-qr8qe You do not understood me. I do not hate you. I hate British policy against Serbs.
UK recognize self claimed "Republic of Kosovo". UK want to abolish Republic of Srpska ( entity in
Bosnia and Herzegovina ) etc. I want you to stay happy and I congratulate on qualification on
World Cup in football next year.
@@borkokostic4388 Cheers Borjko. We’ve been everywhere and done everything over the years, occasionally good also. Exhausting amount of history. All the Best Regards!
26:29 music is 🔥🤙
16:21 all that is said about lashing is navy regulations!!!!. Two the painting of the ships was to navy regs as the back and yellow were found to not fade away and flake as quickly as other paints. Three the reasons why the gun ports were black is because they were in the most use at sea and it was a way of protecting them. Four Victory was not Nelsons ship it was his flag ship but after his death the two became inseparable. Lastly the gun 104 well technically true she was able to sail with that meany guns she was by no means the largest. Largest first rate the the Royal navy yes but the French had a 108 gun ship( she never saild because when she was completed the war ended)
Wellington the doc almost gets right however he did lose a battle in the peninsular war however his court marshal fou d him not julty. Second his army was made up of Prussians, hungarns, Portuguese, Spanish, Germans, Dutch, and Swedish a lot of the rulers of those countries served with him and were close allies of him.
This doc gets so much wrong. Google has better historical information then this
Factually incorrect to say that the empire was built on slavery. It provided incredible wealth to a select few but the trade was primarily to Britain and then Europe so did not create real wealth to Europe.
The real wealth came from trade of items that built infrastructure and took off with the industrial revolution and the implementation of machines.
That real wealth and the introduction of bonds in the financial market enabled the Royal Navy to become supreme which lead to the eradication of the worldwide slave trade.
A very poor documentary as it focused on a narrative rather than the factual truth.
The british empire still lives on
No it doesn't
@@immigrationcanada1802 In Star Trek, the Federation standard language even to the 33rd Century is English. In this way, English did conquer the world. It's the language of business, commerce and science and will be for hundreds of years.
the russian empire still lives on... when crimea is day vladivostok is night
@@immigrationcanada1802 British Empire exists but under disguise in America, Asia, global trading is controlled by 🇬🇧
@@101MRSPICE There is no empire in world today. There is no superpower. World saw how America had to flee from Afghanistan
Sugar is a B|S story! There was always sugar beet in Europe!
Hindu extremist oh my god how can you get it wrong
There are lot of wrong facts mentioned in this documentary on the Indian section. Also no mention of Calcutta which was the capital of the British Indian empire for the longest period of time and had the highest concentration of British architecture and was the center of Brit culture. No idea who made this STRANGE documentary...
I want say you Britishers that you are not going to be a superpower again, for for creating conflicts in different communities in INDIA , and also providing fake information in this STRANGE documentary...
Yer we were the biggest and the best get over it
simplest explanation of this story, GREED!
Disagree. Far less greedier than other Empires.
Simplest explanation of this story, victory
Literally describes any Empire.
Don't get mad just beacuse your ancestors got owned 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@debranjandas1425 Are you sure about that? You literally colonized more than half the world. Who got greedier than that?
Coreection: Ghandi was assassinated by a HINDU extremist.
2:14 and already a big mistake. Chocolate is not from the East. It is from America and the Spanish invented it.
????🤥🤥🤥
How can you invent something that naturally exist? Lol
spain didn't invent it, I did.
I can confirm since I was there.
The british adopted and abolished slavery
Rebellious personalities sent to Port Arthur,Tasmania or rather any person with a touch of humanity and perception.
I am proud to be British Irish and polish
British and Irish…..you can’t be both !! One is a country, the other isn’t
@@trevaudio Absolutely you can and by the way "British" and "Irish" are both not countries they are nationalitys you're getting confused and Ireland is the actual name of the country not "irish" LOL